Sunday, July 3, 2011

Black Leaders Call For War On The 'War On Drugs'

A national forum aimed to declare war on the 40-year-long “war on drugs” has culminated into an enlistment of quasi soldiers to push Congress and the White House to end the campaign that – according to statistics - has wreaked havoc on and destroyed Black communities nationwide.

“This is a crime against humanity. War on drugs is a war on Black and Brown and must be challenged by the highest levels of our government in the war for justice,” said the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., keynote speaker at a forum commemorating the 40th anniversary of the “War on Drugs.”  The Seattle Medium


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